depression medication zombie

I've had anxiety (and depression as a result of the anxiety) for about 7 years now (since I was 14). I've been on various anxiety and depression meds, but all made me feel like a zombie. They made me super tired all the time. Anxiety medication only seems to sedate you so much that there doesn't seem to be a thought going on in your head! Clonazepam is the only medication that I took that I can remember the name of (that right there tells you how sedated the meds made me!

I had side-effects (headache, increased nervousness, stomach aches, some trouble sleeping) for the first week or so, but these went away completely. I did not feel like a zombie at all. Give the medication time to work. It can take a while for some people. It started working for me after about 3-4 weeks. Best of luck...

I'm taking a LEXAPRO 30mg, KLONOPIN 5mg and SEROQUEL 25mg cocktail everyday for my Depression/Panic Disorder/Anxiety and I can barley stay awake. I feel like a zombie. True I don't want to kill Myself anymore. But I don't really feel alive anymore either.

I have had depression and anxiety for past 7 years. Nothing seems to work. My husband is not supportive. I don't know what to do. I thought about suicide,but my draughts face keep coming in front of me. I don't wanna live. He always yells and thinks therapy is waste of time.

Lately I've had depression bad. I've also been careless with my sexual health and ended up having a bit of risky sex with someone I hardly knew. Now I have symptoms and its making me suicidal. The doctor wants me to take meds but I hate the zombie feeling I get from them.

I'm an 16 year old struggling with depression and social anxiety. It's been ~3 months since I've started the treatment of my depression, consisting of 75mg/day of Zoloft and 400mg(I think)/day Solian. I haven't seen much sideffects besides drowsyness (which is a real problem for me) and I generally don't feel any effects, good or bad.

I'm 18 and am wondering where I can find help or someone to talk to other than my mother about my depression. I'm not doing well in school( I'm lazy and sleep during most of it) and I don't have any friends.I have been this way since I was 12 and I have a bad feeling that this is just going to get worst later on in my life. Does anyone have any advice?

I think I must be broken......Depression is common in my family history...grandmother, aunts... uncles.....not really my parents....they are just annoyed or in my mothers case...she feels helpless to help me.... I know she feels terrible....so I don't share with her...... I really have no-one anymore.... I live for my daughter...that's it..... without her though, my life would senseless.... just a ray of sunshine over here...

During the 20 years I have had depression, I have tried many different anti-depressants, with varying side effects, but never zombie. I am on Effexor XR now and it suits me just fine. No side effects. I know it is hard for you, but looks like you will have to keep trying different medications, until you find the one that suits you. Don't accept you have to feel like this.

I took nortyptiline but a doctor had me stop because I was having rapid heart rate with it. Can she or you take her pulse and see if it's fast? I also felt something like a zombie on that medication as well, I recall. I think she should take it easy, not getting up much and Monday, call the doctor about discontinuing the medication.

Suffering from Depression, now that can make one feel like a zombie for sure, but the medications your taking to combat this depression should be doing just the opposite. Lexapro is funny like that. It works well for many, but some people report that it actually makes their symptoms worse. I take it and it works fine for me, but I do know others that said it made them feel zombie-ish. I combine my Lexapro with a Tri-Cyclic AD and that seems to be doing the trick.

You really haven't told us enough to determine either way. Your doctors tell you something you apparently don't believe. Many of us here have been 'down that road' too! When the first psychiatrist I went to told me I had depression I said 'NO ####, if you felt as bad as I do, for as long as I have, you'd be depressed too!" I too had insomnia, waking up nightly with panic anxiety attacks and walking around like a zombie all day.

i have been diagnosed with bi polar for over 7 months now and the meds still arent right, the doctors are trying so hard but i have a hard time staying on them because zyprexa makes me a zombie and a crazy one at that now i am getting all these medical symptoms an di dont know if it's "in my head" or real anymore someone help me.....

They gave me Seroquel when I was psychotic in the hospital. I don't know how much it was but I couldn't walk straight and was a zombie. When I got out, my pdoc kept me on 25 mg and I couldn't even drive. I'm not saying it's a bad drug because so many people have great success with it. I just didn't.

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I was feeling panic, anxiety, depression, overall feelings of doom. My pdoc told me that he thought I was having bad side effects from the Geodon, so now I am off of it. Right now, I am taking Lamictal 400mg per day (for bipolar 1). I still feel confused, sedated, and overall just bad. I feel like I have the flu almost. This has gone on for months and I can't seem to shake it.

I have been on 25mg of Zoloft and hae felt like a zombie the last several months. I have asked my doctor about changing my meds to Lexapro. He didn't so I started taking my husbands Lexapro 10mg just to see if this would help me. This has been just 2 days. I find myself like going through the change of life, night sweating (with Zoloft, too), fussy, having trouble getting directed in everyday activities. Will these symptoms last long? I really do not want to go back on Zoloft.

been doing well since the doc added abilify to my paxil...problem....terrible insomnia and i walk around like a zombie all day....tried coming off it but the anxiety and depression came back terribly...that is where i am now....just started taking my abilify again.....does anyone have any suggestions for me? a different med than abilify or a way to get a good nights sleep? i am desperate! please help me!

I had to take 300Mgs a day only because my Depression is very medication resistant. You may even find that 75Mgs a day is enough to produce a viable response for you. Just depends on the persons biology and severity of the depression. The goal is to find the optimum lowest effective dosgae. I tell some people to stick at 75Mgs a day for a few weeks. That way you can see if you level out and respond to that dosage.

The medication does not produce emotions. Sometimes one can feel like a zombie while on it for the first few weeks due to drowsiness side effects; however, it does NOT produce emotions. That's on him to produce them. And unfortunately, depression is a brain chemical imbalance. It's physical in cause but emotional in how it presents itself.

What medication do you currently take to regulate your bipolar disorder? Do you take a mood stabilizer in addition to your AD?

I've been diagnosed with depression & take medications for that. I have allergies & take medication for that. I've just gotten diagnosed with Type II diabetes & hypertension & am taking medications for that. I tried to lump all of the meds w/ the warnings "may cause drowsiness" for my nighttime doses (unless otherwise directed) which I take 1-2 hours before bedtime, & go to bed no later than 11:30.

Have you been to see a Counselor that you can talk to? Are you taking any medication for your depression? I have extreme phobia/fear due to other family members and I can't handle the thought of being zombie out like they stay along with addictions and that terrifies me because I know the same could happen to me if I started taking any type of medication for a period of time.

Did he titrate down on seroquel? My son took that medication at a low dose for about 2 months. Will say he had no issue when coming off of it. The question perhaps is if your husband is having a resurgence of mental health issues even including a brief bit of psychosis related to his ptsd? Did he begin any therapy for ptsd? My son had psychosis with his depression for a period of about 5 months.

Hi, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 in 2008. It has been controlled at times but currently I'm in a deep depression. I'm on 20mg Celexa, 10mg Abilify, 50mg Elavil, and 200mg Lamictal. I feel like a zombie most of the time, like I'm lifeless, empty, dead inside. I'm having a hard time knowing if this is the depression or if I'm on too much medication. I feel so hopeless that I'm on this much medication and I'm still depressed.

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